Eta Phase 2?

I want to get an idea of how far in to phase 1 the community thinks we are, at the moment. Anyone have any estimates on how long it will be until phase 2 is released?

They are working their butts off, kind of like a college student cramming the night before an exam; but for like, 3 weeks straight. Given the velocity of the content updates and the current condition of the game, my estimate is we are about 15-20% of the way in to phase 1. So, my guess is phase 2 is about 3-4 months out.

 

Wow if they are 15-20% or even less I would be very expectant. Maybe this is me being a bit pessimist, but I think we may be at 50% or more and we probably move onward to phase 2 around Jan~Feb.

Edit: I may say 50%, but I consider the much needed balancing and bug stomping to be a small percentage.

 

Bah, you're right. I should have thought of that before posting. I figured I would read everyone's guess and get a glimpse of their reasoning.

 

15-20% sounds right. I mean, just look at this post from a couple weeks ago. Note how there's a couple things that specifically say they're NOT coming soon... I would be very, very surprised if the beta moves on to the next phase without large chunks of that list being checked off, and that's not even counting things like the subsystem for picking up side quests from NPCs or tweaking existing bosses or implementing new bosses or tying the existing bosses (after the penguins) into the main quest line, or opening cinematics, etc.

It's easy to forget how much there is left to do when all we can see is how much is already in the game.

 

phase 2 could even be a month away. who knows. it all depends on their pace, what sort of problems they might yet encounter etc.

 

oh god i hope not... but seeing as how they delayed prerelease for a year, it wouldn't be too far-fetched to think so...

 

2014 is only 4 days away breh, join the rest of us in linear time

 

i totally read it as 2015... cave status here

 

Why would it be a bad thing if they needed a few more months? You know the game as is, and from here on out, it will only become better (some balance issues aside). I'd like them to take as much time as needed, and I like to watch Starbound become something great. Nevermind a few more months, we got the beta already.

 

2014

 

my guess is the middle of next year... like 6-8 months away...it is very unlikey they will hit phase 2 any time soon considering how many bosses need to be coded in - not to mention how long its gonna take to get their character wipe reduction to a point where characters dont need a wipe...that being said the game is very bare-bones and rough around the edges for being such an early beta/alpha phase...armor tiers need balancing - ores and crafting stations need to be implemented - tools and other items need implementation- and thats only the things we know about...

 

Final wipe is dated on early January, though ( https://twitter.com/StarboundGame ). Just FYI

 

wait, what? how are they not? youre being awfully pessimistic.

 

I don't see us leaving stage before june/july. Think about it they want to get all the CORE mechanics and balance patches done , to achieve this all 10 tiers have to be put in place and we have 4 finished one right now?
Also does it really matter when we leave the first stage? As long as the developers are making progress and the player base is having fun no stages should define the quality of the game.

 

They wrote at some point after beta release they plan on finish 2-3 (iirc) tiers per week. That may be a bit optimistic, but i guess they could do a tier per week, although they may have some rough edges then. In the end it doesn't really matter when we will hit phase 2.

 

the current ores and crafting stations are still early on as far as how many ores we have access too - i seriously doubt that the ores/crafting stations we have out now are going to be the only ones from now on..this is all judging from what the devs have been mentioning...that aside after you get to the tier 6~7ish the only thing required to update is more coal and a few bars of the prior ore- i strongly believe that there are going to be bosses and things of that nature tied to the way these tiers progress- this is what i meant by 'bare bones' seeing as how the only "NEW BLUEPRINTS" you unlock are simply upgraded armor suits/ melee weapons -~SINCE GUN MAKING HASN'T BEEN IMPLEMENTED YET ~!